CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Anashua, Madhubanti |
|---|---|
| Title | Creating a GIS-Based Environmental Vulnerability Index for Rohingya Refugee Populations in Bangladesh |
| Summary | The Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh started since August 2017, following a sudden influx of refugees fleeing ethnic violence from the Rakhine region of neighboring Myanmar. More than a million refugees have settled in the Teknaf region of Bangladesh, in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, an overcrowded makeshift settlement that has since become of the world’s largest refugee camps. The camp is situated in an area that used to be previously forested, leading to deforestation, which has made the camp’s inhabitants vulnerable to environmental hazards. Some of the problems facing them include lack of healthcare, nutrition, sanitation, and risk of landslides and flooding during the monsoon. This study quantified the rate of deforestation using remotely-sensed imagery, and found that since the start of the crisis, Non-Forest area has seen a gain of 34 square kilometers, and Forest area has lost 15 square kilometers Out of 79 square kilometers of the study area, a total of 47 square kilometers are denuded in 2019. The study also used secondary data to develop an environmental vulnerability index based on Principal Components Analysis to find that camps 3, 4, 26, 15 and 13 are the most vulnerable areas of the camp. It is hoped that knowledge of using limited data from the field combined wish GIS based technologies to create an index for measuring vulnerability can be applied to ensure more efficient planning and service delivery for faster and improved humanitarian response. Based on the results of the vulnerability analysis, recommendations were made for public and private actors operating in the Kutupalong refugee camp. |
| Supervisor | Lagutov, Viktor |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/anashua_madhubanti.pdf |
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